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Programs and Tours   January 30 Guided Tour Sunday, January 30, 1 pm Discover how artists represent the social upheavals and political forces of their times in the docent-led tour "Political and Social Expressions in Art." categories: Gallery Talks and Tours Special Event Sunday, January 30, 2 pm Freer House, Merrill Palmer Skillman Institute/Wayne State University $10, $5 for students; RSVP to Rose Foster (313.872.1790 or rmfoster@wayne.edu) by January 27  In 1910, UMMA's Alumni Memorial Hall opened with a groundbreaking exhibition organized by Detroit industrialist and art collector, Charles L. Freer. The exhibition attracted national attention for its innovative display of art from Western and Eastern traditions. This lecture by UM doctoral students Anna Wieck, Mei-Chen Pan, and Sarah Gothie sheds new light on Freer's legacy at UM. It is the culmination of a project initiated by the Friends of the Freer House with the UM Museum Studies Program. Reception and tours of Freer House will follow the lecture. Sponsored by the Friends of the Freer House, UMMA, and the UM Museum Studies Program. For additional information, please visit: http://mpsi.wayne.edu/freer-events.phpcategories: Special Events Guided Tour Sunday, January 30, 2 pm Explore contemporary Swiss artist Mai-Thu Perret's multidisciplinary vision, which fuses feminist politics with classic modernist abstraction and utopian dreams. categories: Gallery Talks and Tours |
